The Bridge Engineering Association is pleased to announce the program for the one-day bridge engineering seminar in New York City on October 4, 2004. The seminar entitled Bridge Structures: Assessment, Design and Construction will bring together experts from the U.S., Canada, France, Italy and Japan with state-of-the-art presentations on issues of assessment, design and construction of bridge structures.

Please note that the seminar presentations will take place in the Gramercy Suite on the 2nd floor. Lunch will take place in the Mercury Ballroom on the 3rd floor.

The event agenda is below. If you need more information on the seminar attendance or sponsorship, please contact Khaled Mahmoud at kmahmoud@bridgeengineer.org

8:50-9:20am

Session I: Cable-Supported Bridges:
CHAIR: William Moreau, PE, Chief Engineer
The New York State Bridge Authority

Aerodynamic Design Considerations for the Millau Viaduct
Michel Virlogeux, Consulting Engineer, France

Tacoma Narrows 50 Years Later – Wind Engineering Investigations for Parallel Bridges
P.A. Irwin, S. Stoyanoff, J. Xie, and M. Hunter, Rowan William Davies & Irwin Inc., Canada

Design and Construction of the Chavanon Suspension Bridge
Jean-Marc Tanis, Jean Muller International, France

Session II: Seismic Analysis and Design of Bridges:
CHAIR: Joseph Englot, PE, Assistant Chief Engineer for Design
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey

Development of Built-up Shear Links as Energy Dissipators for the Seismic Protection of Long Span Bridges
Ian Buckle, Peter Dusicka, and Ahmad Itani, University of Nevada Reno

Impact of NCHRP Project 12-49 Provisions on the Seismic Design of Bridges on Very Soft Soils in New Jersey
Husam Najm, Hani Nassif, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey and Harry Capers, Jr., New Jersey Department of Transportation

Session III: Rating and Condition Evaluation of Bridges:
CHAIR: Stanley Vonasek, PE, Chief Engineer
MTA Bridges and Tunnels

Design and Rating Refinements for Segmental Box-Girder Bridges.
Dennis R. Mertz, University of Delaware

Changing Truck Configurations and New Load Models for Bridge Evaluation
Bala Sivakumar, Lichtenstein Consulting Engineer

Session IV: Monitoring and Testing of Bridges:
CHAIR: Bojidar Yanev, PhD, PE Director of Bridge Inspection/Bridge Management
New York City Department of Transportation

Short-term and Long-term Health Monitoring Experience of A Short Highway Bridge: Case Study
Yong Xia, Masato Abe, Yozo Fujino, University of Tokyo and Jun Murakoshi, Public Works Research Institute, Tsukuba City , Japan

Full-Scale Fatigue Tests of Steel Orthotropic Deck Panel for the Bronx-Whitestone Bridge Rehabilitation
Paul A. Tsakopoulos and John W. Fisher, Lehigh University

Session V: Panel Discussion
CHAIR: Barney Martin, PhD, PE, Principal
Modjeski and Masters

Open forum of questions and answers with the seminar's presenting authors.